- From 1 July 2008: Italian Ambassador to Vietnam

- From August 2006 to June 2008: Coordinator on European Union’s internal market and Lisbon Strategy on growth  and employment at the Directorate General for European Integration, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- From July 2004 to July 2006: Head of Office I (Economic affairs and European Union sectoral policies), Directorate General for European Integration, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- From July 2000 to June 2004: First Counselor at the Permanent Delegation of Italy to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) in Paris, in charge of coordination in the sectors of Governance and public administration, employment and social affairs, fight against international harmful tax competition, Financial Action Task Force Activities and  fight against corruption of public officials in international economic transactions, health, transportation, education and investment promotion sectors.

- From August 1996 to June 2000: Counselor, then First Economic and Commercial Counselor at the Italian Embassy in Beijing

- From August 1993 to July 1996: First Secretary, then Counselor at the Office for Disarmament,  Non-proliferation Arms Control and Disarmament at the Directorate General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- From January 1989 to June 1996: First Secretary at the Permanent Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament of the United Nations in Geneva

- From October 1985 to December 1988: Second then First Secretary at the Italian Embassy in Luanda (Angola)

- From April 1983 to September 1985: Second Secretary at the Directorate General for Cultural Relations (Secretariat,  and then Office I), Ministry of Foreign Affairs